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List of 

Places and Institutions oi \ 

Public and Semi-Public Character 

in New York City 



Compiled bj the Honorable Cabot Ward 
for the convenience of die Delegates to the 
Second Pan American Scientific Congress, 

and presented with the compliments oi 

the Reception Committee mr the Port of 

Nch York 



THE PAN AMERICAN SOCIETY 

OF THE UNITED STATES 

15 BROAD STRUT, NEW YORK 

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LIST OF PLACES AND INSTITUTIONS OF A PUBLIC 






DEPARTMENT 

Correction. 

Correction. 
Correction. 
Correction. 



BUILDING 
The Tombs. 

Penitentiary. 

Brooklyn Prison. 

Riker's Island. 



PARTICULARS 



Water Supply, Gas and High Pressure Pumping 

Electricity. Station. 

Health. Willard Parker Hospital. 

Health. Riverside Hospital. 

Health. Kingston Avenue Hospital, 

Brooklyn. 

Health. Municipal Sanitarium. 

Parks. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

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Parks. 'Museum of Natural History. 

Parks. Aquarium. 

Parks. Jumel Mansion. 

Parks. Central Park Menagerie. 

Parks. Battery Park. 



Where prisoners are kept while waiting 
for trial. 



Where prisoners are kept for misde 
meanors. 

Where prisoners are kept awaiting trial 



Prisoners are kept at this place — the\ 
do construction work and other kind; 
of labor. 



Pump supply of water at fires in certaii 
zones. This does away with the en- 
gines of the Fire Department. 

Contagious diseases. 



Contagious diseases. 
Contagious diseases. 

For the care of consumptives. 

Objects of art from all parts of tht 
world. 

Natural history exhibits. 

Exhibition of fishes. 

Old headquarters of George Washingtor 
— now headquarters Daughters of the 
American Revolution — exhibit relics. 

Exhibition of animals. 



Southern end of city — view of the har- 
bor and Statue of Liberty. Statue is 
on Bedloes Island about 2 miles from 
Battery. 



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DEPARTMENT 
Parks. 

Parks. 
Parks. 

Parks. 
Parks. 

Parks. 
Parks. 

Parks. 

Parks. 

Parks. 
Parks. 



BUILDING 
Central Park. 

The Obelisk. 

The Maine Monument. 

Grant's Tomb. 

Soldiers and Sailors Monu- 
ment. 

Riverside Drive and Park. 

City Hall Park. 

Van Cortlandt Park. 



Bronx Park Zoological 
Gardens. 



Botanical Gardens. 

Museum of Arts and Sciences. 



PARTICULARS 
Largest of the city parks in Manhattan. 

Known as Cleopatra's Needle — presented I 
by the Egyptian Government to 
Museum of Art. 

Erected by the school children of United 
States in commemoration of soldiers 
and sailors who lost their lives in the 
Spanish-American War. 

Erected as a memorial to President and 
General Grant. 

Erected in memory of the soldiers and 
sailors who lost their lives in the 
Civil War. 

River Park. 



The City Hall, containing the offices of 
the Mayor and governing boards of 
the city, situated in the midst of this 
park. 

One of the largest parks in the city — 
contains exceptionally fine golf courses, 
tennis courts and baseball grounds; is 
also a parade ground. 

Exhibition of animals. 



Exhibit of palms and plants. 
Exhibit of arts and sciences. 



Borough President. 
Borough President. 



Municipal Building. 
Public Bath and Pool. 



Contains the offices of most all the city 
departments. 



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Kitfhth Avenues. 

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and Eighth Avenue. 



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. Xurth to 156th Street 
and Hudson R 

Mail and Chambers Streets — 
trk Row. 



and Jerome Open all hours. 
Avenue. 



N'.rth to Fordham M. 

Boston Road west 
luthern Boulevard. 

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DEPARTMENT 
Borough President 



BUILDING 

Public Gymnasium, Bath and 
Pool. 



PARTICULARS 



Borough President 
Docks and Ferries. 



Municipal Baths, Coney 
Island. 

Building Pier A, North Contains offices of the Department Docks 
River. and Ferries and a pier used by ex- 

cursion boats in the summer time — 
view of harbor and Statue of Liberty. 



Bureau of City Markets Washington Market. 
Bureau of City Markets Fulton Fish Market. 



Stalls rented by the city for sales of 
market supplies. 

Sale of fish. 



Police. 



Police Headquarters. 



Headquarters of the police force of the 
city and the detective bureau — con- 
tains detention rooms and examination 



Bridge. 
Bridge. 



Brooklyn Bridge. 
Manhattan Bridge. 



Bridge. 
Bridge. 



Bridge. 



Williamsburgh Bridge. 



Bridge. 



Bridge. 
Fire. 

Fire. 



Queens Borough Bridge. Bridge. 

Headquarters. 

Example of City Fire House. Fire apparatus. 



1 harities. 



Metropolitan Hospital. 



City hospital. 



New York Public Library. 



Main building. 



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